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“These older women are confident, sexually mature, they don’t have inhibitions, they know what they like, and they know what they want,” said Nancy D.

O’Reilly, clinical psychologist, researcher, author and host of Voice America’s radio program “Timeless Women Speak.” Cougars are independent, career-oriented women who have a been-there-done-that attitude towards marriage and “don’t need anyone to take care of them,” she said.

“For a 70-year-old guy to go out with a 40-year-old woman, as opposed to a 70-year-old woman going out with a 40-year-old guy?

A 70-year-old woman going out with a 40-year-old guy is considered creepy.” Why the double standard?

“I can’t explain why, but I’ve always been,” she said, pausing.

“Without even knowing someone’s age, you can be sure I’m going to gravitate toward the younger guy.

To her shock and bemusement, there was a new term to describe what she had been doing most of her life — dating younger men.

“Younger men have no problem whatsoever in approaching an older woman who’s single or obviously not wearing a wedding ring anyway,” she said.The study stated that the divorce rate now, compared to when cougars were married some 25 years ago, has contributed to the amount of single, 50 women, said to be “on the prowl” in today’s dating pool.More Fun, Less 'Baggage' For Wheeler, younger men have been a natural fit for an energetic lifestyle that her male peers have never quite matched.Men, of course, have their reasons for dating older women, too.In the fast-paced world of Los Angeles, “dating” may mean going out a few times or spending just one night together.